Romário de Melo, first author of Magnesium maintains length of circadian period in Arabidopsis Current Position: Execution Manager – Global Medical Affairs Education: BSc. Biology (Genetics), MSc Plant Biotechnology (Virology), PhD Natural Sciences (Biology and Biotechnology) Non-scientific Interests: Soccer, electric guitar, biographies/novels, Motor Racing, Chess, cooking, wild nature Brief bio: After receiving an offer to lead […]
Michael Busche, first author of TOR coordinates nucleotide availability with ribosome biogenesis in plants Current Position: Graduate Student at the University of California-Berkeley Education: BS in Biochemistry and Plant Genetics from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Non-scientific Interests: reading, dancing, and gardening Brief bio: I began graduate school at the University of California-Berkeley in 2016. […]
Xiaowen Shi, first author of Genomic imbalance determines positive and negative modulation of gene expression in diploid maize Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Biological Sciences at University of Missouri, Columbia Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, Genomics and Development, Cornell University, USA; B.S. in Biological Sciences, Zhejiang University, China Non-scientific Interests: traveling, running, baking Brief […]
Evan S. Forsythe, first author of Genome-wide signatures of plastid-nuclear coevolution point to repeated perturbations of plastid proteostasis systems across angiosperms Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University Education: PhD, University of Arizona, School of Plant Sciences Non-scientific Interests: I spend a lot of time outdoors fly fishing, skiing, rafting, biking, and backpacking. I am […]
Recognizing Plant Physiology first author Xiaoming Song, first author of Brassica carinata genome characterization clarifies U’s triangle model of evolution and polyploidy in Brassica Current Position: Associate professor, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China Education: Ph.D from College of Horticulture in Nanjing Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: writing, […]
Daniil M Prigozhin, first author of: Analysis of intraspecies diversity reveals a subset of highly variable plant immune receptors and predicts their binding sites Current Position: Project Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Education: BA in Mathematics/Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley | PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley Non-scientific Interests: […]
Jae Young Choi, first author of Natural variation in plant telomere length is associated with flowering time Current Position: Postdoc, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology at New York University (USA) Education: Ph.D., Cornell University (USA) Non-scientific Interests: I think I use to like doing a lot of things, but now it’s trying my best […]
Eva Dvorak Tomastikova, first author of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 and KRYPTONITE regulate pathogen-induced programmed cell death in Arabidopsis Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic Education: PhD in Botany, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic Non-scientific Interests: sports – (trail) running, biking, rowing, cross-country […]
Rong Wang, first author of SlERF52 regulates SlTIP1;1 expression to accelerate tomato pedicel abscission Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China Education: Ph.D. (2015-) in Shenyang Agriculture University. Joint training Ph.D (2019-2021) Münster University, German Non-SCIENTIFIC Interests: Basketball, Badminton, dancing Brief bio: […]